Bonnie Baggesen

Position
General Manager, ArtsEmerson, Emerson College
Biography

Bonnie Baggesen has worked at Emerson College for 14 years, where she currently serves as general manager for the Office of the Arts. She works with numerous international and national companies, as well as college departments and officials, to arrange for performances and presentations at Emerson’s six venues in Boston, Massachusetts. Previously, Baggesen served as director of production and facilities for the Office of the Arts and was head of the Bachelor of Fine Arts program in stage/production management for the Department of Performing Arts.

Before joining Emerson, Baggesen was production manager for the national tours of The Acting Company. She worked in both regional and commercial theater as a professional stage manager for more than 20 years. Regional credits include Trinity Repertory Company, Playmakers Repertory Company at UNC–Chapel Hill, and Rites and Reason Theatre at Brown University. Touring credits include national tours of Damn Yankees and Sunset Boulevard. Broadway credits include The Lion King, The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, and Taller Than a Dwarf.

Baggesen has a Master of Fine Arts in Theater Management and Producing from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Arts in Technical Theater from Rhode Island College. She is a member of the Actors’ Equity Association.